Noun: ridder
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | ridder |
| Sg. definite | ridderen |
| Pl. indefinite | riddere |
| Pl. definite | ridderne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | ridders |
| Sg. definite | ridderens |
| Pl. indefinite | ridderes |
| Pl. definite | riddernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ridder
skovhugger,
synder,
urmager,
serber,
sejler,
sekser,
sender,
snyder,
frugtavler,
samler,
sanger,
sakser,
sliber,
skakspiller,
brødrister,
slæber,
skyter,
skaber,
befrier,
beruser, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Low German ridder (“rider, knight”), from Middle Dutch riddere, a Flemish variant of rîdere, from rîden (“to ride”) + -er. It was used to translate Old French chevalier (“knight”). The Dutch word was also borrowed to German Ritter, Old Norse riddari, and Swedish riddare. See: German Nouns '
Ritter', Old Norse Nouns '
riddari', Swedish Nouns '
riddare'.
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